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Elijah rushed Dahlia to the hospital keeping himself calm for Dahlia's sake. Dahlia on the other hand was panicing, she couldn't believe that after all she went through she might lose the baby. Elijah called Dr King who would be waiting for them at the hospital. Dahlia was rushed into a private room where a nurse took her vitals. Moments later Dr King came into the room.
"Dahlia I know you're scared right now but I need you to calm down. Its probaby prelabor cramping. Some women get them if they overexert themselves. We'll know more in a few minutes."
Dahlia tried hard to calm herself down. She didn't want to hurt the baby because she couldn't stop freaking out. She closed her eyes and began humming, trying to pretend she was anywhere except the ER. Elijah was sitting quietly in the chair looking half terrified half confused.
"When will we get the test result," Elijah asked a little more angry than he meant.
Dr King gave him a reassuring smile. "In the next 30 minutes, I put a rush on the tests. I don't think you need to worry though. Dahlia hasn't experience any pains in the last 15 minutes."
20 minutes later a frazzled looking lab tech entered and handed Dr King two sheets of paper and scurried out of the room again."
"Mmhmm. Just what I thought. It was prelabor cramping. You're going to have to take it easy for the next couple of months. I'm not going to put you on complete bed rest because I trust this has scared you enough. Now go home and get some sleep. I'll see you in two weeks."

After arriving at home Elijah made Dahlia some tea and brought it into her while she sat sulking on the bed after her second trip to the bathroom.
"Come on, Dahl you know this is what's best for the baby and you. Dr King said you're not on complete bed rest so you can still do things. Just not everything."
"I know. Its just what am I going to do when you fly back to Hong Kong? I'm going to be here all by myself. Its going to be kind of hard not to do everything."
Elijah took Dahlia's hand. "Do you want me to stay here until you have the baby? I will if that's what you want. They can either wait until the baby's born or find someone else."
Dahlia felt her eyes tearing up. "Eli, I can't ask you to do that. I'm just scared thats all. We'll figure something out. Let's just enjoy the time we have together."
"If you're sure. Now its time for you to go to bed."
Elijah took the cup to the kitchen while Dahlia made yet another trip to the bathroom.
"Mommy's bladder is not a squeeze toy," Dahlia said as she rubbed her belly.
Elijah came back in and smiled at the closed bathroom door.
"Again," he called to her.
"Yes. You child has the mistaken idea that I should live on the toilet," Dahlia yelled back.
Elijah laughed and got into bed as Dahlia came out of the bathroom and waddled over to the bed.

The ten days seemed to fly by. Dahlia and Elijah had an arguement on the day of his flight about her seeing him off.
"Dahl, you are not going to drive me and thats final."
"But I want to see you off. Its good luck."
"Lets comprimise. You can see me off if you let me hire a limo to drive us to the airport and bring you home."
Dahlia groaned and pouted. "Fine. Make the call."
They got to the airport two hours later and Dahlia was still in a slightly foul mood.
"Promise me you're going to take it easy, Dahl. And don't forget to call Joanie. She said she'd keep an eye on you for me."
Dahlia narrowed her eyes. "Keep an eye on me? I'm not a little kid you know?"
"Of course not. But you are stubborn and you refuse to listen to the doctor unless there's someone around to make you."
"I promise I'm going to take it easy and I'll call Joanie on the way home and remind her to look after me."
"Thanks baby. I know how hard that was for you. I love you."
"I love you too. Now get going or you'll miss your flight."
Elijah grabbed her and kissed her. "Lou hired the jet to fly me to Hong Kong. If the pilot leaves without me he's going to have some explaining to do."
Dahlia watched as Elijah walked down the ramp and boarded the plane. She didn't leave until she watched his plane take off then she waddled back to the limo.

Dahlia had the driver stop at "Sweet Sticky Goodness" her favorite bakery. As usual Mariah was behind the counter. She smiled as Dahlia came in.
"Well hey there. I've missed you the past couple weeks. By looking at your outfit I'm going to guess you weren't out for your morning stroll."
Dahlia smiled. "No. I was seeing Eli off. He's flying back to Hong Kong to finish the movie. Everything looks so good. I'm going to get 4 almond poppyseed, 4 cranberry orange, and 4 double chocolate."
"Coming up. Speaking of you and Eli I see congratulations are in order."
Dahlia looked at her in confusion. "For what? You've known for months I was pregnant. Plus the belly kind of gives it away."
"Not about that," Mariah said as she pointed to the magazine rack."
Dahlia turned around and spotted the Daily Gossip, but there was nothing about her and Eli on the cover. The she saw the latest issue of "Forever Diamond"
"Oh my," Dahlia said grabbing the magazine, "I didn't even know anyone was taking our picture."
Mariah boxed the muffins and rang them up. "Must have been some kiss."
Dahlia paid and took the box with a lovesick smile. "It was."

When the limo pulled up in front of her house Dahlia saw Joanie's car. Joanie was nowhere to be seen so Dahlia figured she let herself in. She could smell the hot chocolate when she opened the front door and headed into the kitchen.
Joanie grabbed a mug and poured some hot chocolate. "Took your sweet time saying goodbye to him," she grumbled as she handed Dahlia the mug.
Dahlia laughed and sat down. "I come in peace. I stopped at the bakery to get some muffins. While I was there I noticed something pretty interesting."
Joanie never could resist good gossip. She sat down next to Dahlia. "Okay lets hear this interesting news."
"Guess whose on the cover of "Forever Diamond" magazine this month."
Joanie thought for a moment then glanced at the grin on Dahlia's face. "You and Elijah?! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't know myself until this morning. They snapped a shot of us outside Mariella's after he proposed. I didn't even realize it. I called Eli on the way here and he said he didn't know either."
"That boy must be quite the kisser. Is everything else as amazing?"
Dahlia nearly choked on her hot chocolate. "Yeah actually. I know this will probably sound cheesy but Eli is like the perfect guy. Okay the almost perfect guy."
"Uh oh. I recognize that look. I used to have the same look in my eyes when I talked about Barry."
"And?"
"Fifteen years and two kids later we're still going strong."
Dahlia grinned. "That doesn't sound so bad."

It took Dahlia a couple weeks but she finally convinced Joanie to help her set up the nursery. Joanie tried every arguement and reason you could think off.
"I promised I'd make you take it easy. This doesn't sound like taking it easy."
"I had some guys in last week who did the wall paper and carpeting. All the furniture has been delivered. All we have to do is figure out where its going and then put it together. Its going to be more stressful on our minds than our bodies."
"Okay fine, but if Eli asks tell him I put up one heck of a fight."
"Deal. Now lets go. I'm dying to see how this nursery is going to look."
Three hours later and Dahlia realized this was a lot harder than it sounded. She knew where she wanted everything to go but they couldn't quite get anything together right."
"Thats it. I'm calling Barry," Joanie said with a frustrated sigh. She flipped open her cell. "Barry, I need you to come over to Dahlia's. No she's fine but there's some nursery furniture that has an unclear future. See you in fifteen."
"He was laughing at us, wasn't he?"
Barry made it in record time and strolled into the nursery. "Having trouble, ladies?"
"Wipe that smirk off your face and put this furniture together."
It took Barry a little over an hour to put all the furniture together while Joanie and Dahlia watched him.
"Show off, Joanie said as he finished. She playfully swatted his arm then kissed him, "I'll see you at home in a hour or so. Thanks."
Barry did a mock bow. "My pleasure ladies." He left before Joanie could take a swing at him.
Dahlia looked around the nursery. "Time to move the furniture."
It took a half an hour and six different set up before Dahlia was satisfied. She stared at the nursery as she rubbed her belly. Joanie just watched and gave her a knowing smile.

Joanie was busy at work for the next week and when she was finally able to stop by she found Dahlia in the laundry room knee deep in clothes.
"Just what are you doing? This isn't taking it easy," Joanie scolded her.
"I'm doing laundry. I'm washing baby clothes, my bedding, some towels, and most importantly my clothes. I've gotten a bit behind. I was following doctors," Dahlia told her sheepishly.
"I see. You know you do have quite a bit of money saved. You can hire a maid."
"I know but I figured I'd see if I could handle being domestic. I cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the rugs, and now I'm doing laundry. I'm also exhausted."
"Please tell me that you've at least eatten and you've taken a break."
"Yeah I've eatten. And I took a break after I finished vacuuming. Two hours ago."
"Dahlia! You better get yourself into the livingroom and sit down. And don't you dare argue or I'll get Eli on the phone. Move."
"Okay just help me finish this last load so I can have some blankets tonight."
"I don't know whether to laugh or throttle you. You go sit. I'll finish this load," Joanie told Dahlia with a smile, "Oh and by the way you're coming over to my house for supper Friday night. Be there by 6."

Dinner at Joanie's sounded normal but it was anything but. Dahlia showed up at 6 like Joanie asked and the house was chaos. Michael was running around teasing Bonnie with her diary, Barry was running late, the dog Rocky was finishing up destroying one of Joanie's shoes, and Joanie was in the kitchen using some colorful words.
"Need some help," Dahlia asked as she skirted into the kitchen after dodging the dog and the kids.
"You're early," Joanie said as she glanced at her watch, "No you're not. You're right on time. Hang a second. Michael Thomas give Bonnie her diary and take your dog outside for a walk!"
"Are things always so....." Dahlia hesitated.
"Hectic. Chaotic," Joanie filled in, "No but we're having company so of course no one is on their best behavior."
Dahlia laughed and gave Joanie a hand finished supper. Barry walked in just as they were bringing the food from the kitchen into the diningroom and a calm settled over the house. Dahlia and Joanie exchanged a look and smiled.
After supper Barry took the kids for ice cream giving Dahlia and Joanie some peace and quiet. They went out and sat on Joanie's sun porch.
"My son has a crush on you," Joanie told Dahlia with a smile.
"How in the world do you know," Dahlia asked, surprised.
"I'm his mother. We know just about everything," Joanie told her.
"Guess I've got a lot to look forward too."

Since it had been awhile since she'd taken her morning walk Dahlia decided that she'd go on Saturday morning. Joanie reluctantly agreed to go with her. They walked through the park and Dahlia took Joanie to "Sweet Sticky Goodness" for a muffin and hot chocolate. Joanie left when they got home and Dahlia headed for the livingroom to feed the fish. She was just rounding the corner when someone jumped out in front of her. She clutched her heart and jumped back with a scream.
"Eli," she said in shock when she finally recognized him.
"Surprise baby. We finished shooting my scenes so I could come home and be here for the birth."
Dahlia squealed excitedly and hugged him. "You did that for me? That's so sweet. You're timing is perfect. I'm due in two weeks."
"I know. So how have things been? Did you take it easy?"
Dahlia looked away guiltily. "Kind of. Joanie and I tried to set up the nursery but Barry had to come help. And I was trying to be domestic since I got behind on everything. You'll be happy to know Joanie gave me hell. Oh and Joanie's son has a crush on me. Isn't that the cutest thing you've heard?"
"Oh yeah. I love hearing about another guy's crush on my girl, "Elijah said sarcastically.
Dahlia rolled her eyes. "He's 13, Eli. His voice is just starting to change."
"Oh well thats different."

A week after the due date Dahlia was feeling pretty mean. She just wanted the baby out. Her and Eli had a long talk with Dr King and they decided to induce labor. Joanie accompanied them to the hospital at Dahlia's request.
"Are you sure you want me there," Joanie asked for the 10th time.
"Yes Joanie. I'm sure. You've been through this twice. I need someone with some experience to help me. Dr King's only delivered them, he hasn't given birth."
Dr King came in to check on Dahlia. "How's everything going? You ready to have this baby."
Dahlia glared at him as he checked her vitals and ran his hand over her stomach.
"Ive been ready to have this baby for the past three weeks," Dahlia replied shortly.
"Somebody's in a good mood,' Dr King said cheerfully.
"Well that somebody's not me," Dahlia shot back.
"She's been like this for the past two weeks," Elijah told Dr King.
Dr King laughed and looked at Dahlia. "Oh I'm sure she hasn't been that bad."
"I'm in fear for my life," Elijah told him with a straight face.
Joanie laughed, Dr King smiled and Dahlia glared.
"Right. What do you say we get this baby out," Dr King suggested.
"Hooray," Dahlia said with no excitement in her voice.

It was 23 hours of hard labor before Dahlia delivered a 7lb 9 oz baby boy. Dahlia cried as they set him on her chest and smiled up at Elijah. Elijah grinned back with tears in his eyes. It didn't take long until Joanie was crying with them. The nurse took him away to clean him up and his crying was music to Dahlia's ears.
"He's so beautiful, Dahl. He looks just like you, Eli," Joanie said as she tried to control her tears.
"So have you two decided on what your naming him," Dr King asked as he handed the baby back to Dahlia.
Dahlia laughed as she looked at the baby. "I worried about everything except names. I had a couple in mind but nothing set in stone. Do you have any names picked out, Eli?"
"I've got a couple. I really like Colin and I was thinking of giving him the middle name Ames after my grandfather."
"I like it. Okay little man. You're name is Colin Ames. Welcome to world, Colin."
Dr King smiled. "Alright I'll tell the nurses his name is Colin Ames Wood. Right?"
Dahlia shook her head. "Yes."
Joanie left an hour later after agreeing to bring her family back to see the baby. Dahlia put Colin in the basinet and Elijah pulled it over in between the bed and his chair.
"Joanie's right you know. He does look like you. He's going to be a heart breaker," Dahlia told Elijah with a grin.
"I can't believe I'm a dad. This is incredible. I've never been so happy or more terrified in my life," Elijah told her.
"Me either."